to stacy stites, is the prime suspect for months. they knew it was not fennell's semen in the body, but they still believed he was a suspect. he was actively interrogated and after he failed a second polygraph test on facts about the murder, he invoked his right to silence and refused to cooperate. that investigation, however, stopped after mr. reed's semen was identified. and suddenly, jimmy fennell was no longer there suspect and rodney reed -- jimmy fennell was no longer there suspect and rodney reed was prosecuted and ultimately sentenced to death. amy: the alternativeve theory of what happened with a rookie cop jimmy fennell, the fiance of stacy stites, was? what happened that night? >> every piece of evidence we have found over the course of 20 years now points to jimmy fennell, points that the fact that the law-enforcement officers investigating this case who suspected fennell are right ststop when you look at fennel's backgrouound, yet a history off excessivive force come eveven pr to thehe murder. his girlrlfriend rightht af

another explosive piece of evidence an inmate in jail along with the fiance of stacy stites says that that fiance confessed to her murder he has since through his lawyers denied that he has done so but that is another piece of explosive new evidence this happened just hours before the texas parole board recommended a 120 day stay of the execution so that they could consider new evidence or the court's consider consider new evidence that is a very rare thing 566 people have been executed in the state of texas since it reinstituted the death penalty in 1982 the parole board has only asked for a stay 5 times it's only been granted 3 times and now rodney reed hopes to beat the odds now the chinese do more online shopping than anyone else in the world in many remote areas people have embraced technology becoming online entrepreneurs and turning one sleepy villages into the comus hub science louis has more problems. in less than a decade legion home has transformed his life the former street snack vendor is now c.e.o. of his own company it makes camping equipment and has an annual turnover

but the investigator knew what reed did not know at the time, that his dna was found on stacy stites. this may reed the prime suspect. reed has long said he was having a consensual affair with the 19-year-old. in a death row interview, reed said he lied because stites was engaged to a small town white police officer named jimmy fennel. >> it wam up she was seeing a police officer. that's why we tried to be as discreet as possible. she said if jimmy found out we were together, he would kill me. >> reporter: fennel's lawyer -- denying first, then admitting to knowing the victims. >> oh, that stacy stites. i'm having a torrid sexual affair with her. just in that little capsule of the life and times of rodney reed, you can see what a liar, what a rapist, what a dangerous human being that he is. >> reporter: reed's supporters say he's never been convicted of those other crimes and the allegations are being wrongly used to justify the execution. >> a young white woman was murdered, and a black man was convicted of it. that is their case, and they're taking it all the way to the execution ta

stites because she was having an affair with an african-american man read his always insisted he is not guilty i think a lot of people know the truth right now. a lot of people seeing the evidence has been of the develop over the years the victim's cousin believes him that. you know that he is then you know me even though my heart the texas court of criminal appeals has consistently denied reid's claims of innocence in texas governor greg abbott has so far declined to grant reed a reprieve stites sister believes reid is her killer too long we've been trying to fight for justice for ronnie who didn't deserve justice at all i need justice for stacy but a broader array of advocates are calling for a stay of the execution from texas senator ted cruz to celebrities like kim carr jesse in west see everyone around the around he says like ronnie reid's case leads family isn't just counting on the governor. a chance to fade my brother's life because he is truly innocent and we're not asking for anything special we're not asking for any favors we're asking for the right thing to be done in th

stites and that that would explain why his semen was found on the victim when she was found dead in another explosive piece of evidence an inmate in jail along with the fiance of stacy site says that that fiance confessed to her murder he has since through his lawyers denied that he has done so but that of another piece of explosive new evidence this happened just hours before the texas parole board recommended a 120 day stay of the execution so that they could consider new evidence or the court's consider consider new evidence that is a very rare thing 566 people have been executed in the state of texas since it reinstituted the death penalty in 1982 the parole board has only asked for a stay 5 times it's only been granted 3 times and now rodney reed hopes to be the our. faces. and these are the top stories u.s. president donald trump is facing accusations of intimidation after attacking the latest impeachment witness on twitter as she testified before congress many of out of it was the u.s. ambassador in ukraine trump is accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political r

stites and that that would explain why his semen was found on the victim when she was found dead in another explosive piece of evidence an inmate in jail along with the fiance of stacy sites says that that fiance confessed to her murder he has since through his lawyers denied that he has done so but that is another piece of explosive new evidence this happened just hours before the texas parole board recommended a 120 day stay of the execution so that they could consider new evidence or the court's consider consider new evidence that is a very rare thing 566 people have been executed in the state of texas since it reinstituted the death penalty in 1982 the parole board has only asked for a stay 5 times it's only been granted 3 times and now rodney reed hopes to be. in the boy's government says there could be more disciplinary hearings if doctors don't return to whack they've been on strike of a poor pay and wet conditions for nearly 3 months now more than $200.00 a journey and middle level doctors have been fired so far on hiring which often has more from harare principles ha was fi

stites because she was having an affair with an african-american man read his always insisted he is not guilty i think a lot of people know the truth right now. a lot of people seeing the evidence has been of the develop over the years the victim's cousin believes him that. you know that he is then even though mark the texas court of criminal appeals has consistently denied reid's claims of innocence in texas governor greg abbott has so far declined to grant reed a reprieve stites sister believes reid is her killer too long we've been trying to fight for justice for ronnie who didn't deserve justice at all any justice for stacy but a broader array of advocates are calling for a stay of the execution from texas senator ted cruz to celebrities like kim carr jesse in west see everyone around he says like ronnie reid's case reads family isn't just counting on the governor. a chance to fade my brother's life because he is truly innocent and we're not asking for anything special we're not asking for any favors we're asking for the right thing to be done in this case with just days to go t

stites says that she knew that stacy stites was having a relationship with rodney reed that would explain why his d.n.a. his semen was found on the victim when she was killed and there is another explosive piece of evidence and that is that there was apparently a gel yard confession a man in prison says that he spoke to the fiance of the victim in this case and that the fiance confessed that he had committed the murder now his lawyers have since denied that but that has led to a rush of new information there was also a deputy who said at the funeral of stacy site that the fiance said over her body you got what you deserve so there's a lot of new evidence in this case and the court now wants to consider that. it's a story john that's 20 years in the making i'm sure it hasn't been that high profile all the time but how big is it now that we have you know down to the 11th hour well 3 years nobody really paid attention to this case it was another death row case in texas and there are many here this is a state that believes in capital punishment but this is how big it's gotten kim carr dash in

rob: you've got stacy stites, she was killed, she was in a relationship with jim any fennell. she's having an affair with rodney reed. people say fennell made incriminating statements, including a life insurance salesman and there's an officer that says he made statements at his girlfriend's funeral that implicate him. >> even more than that, there was a jailhouse witness, i don't always go along with jailhouse witnesses but there was a white supremacist in jail. fennell was arrested years later and convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman, got 10 year sentence, was in jail and he was trying to get cozy with the white supremacist who ran the jail and he says that fennell trying to ingratiate himself, told them he killed his girlfriend because he had an affair with a black person, thinking that would get him in with the white supremacist. this guy came forth, the white supremacist, and said he admitted he killed his wife in prison. i think that sounds like a potential valid type of confession. jillian: as far as the physical evidence goes that you were talking about at the be

stites and that that would explain why his semen was found on the victim when she was found dead in another explosive piece of evidence an inmate in jail along with the fiance of stacy site says that that fiance confessed to her murder he has since through his lawyers denied that he has done so but that of another piece of explosive new evidence this happened just hours before the texas parole board recommended a 120 day stay of the execution so that they can consider new evidence or the court's consider consider new evidence that is a very rare thing 566 people have been executed in the state of texas since it reinstituted the death penalty in 1982 the parole board has only asked for a stay 5 times it's only been granted 3 times and now rodney reed hopes to beat the odds. for nationals living in the libyan capital have been left with a stock choice they can study in tripoli where they risk their lives because of the fighting or they can head to poverty buffaloed up the wide reports on why some have chosen to stay. feud has haunted this moroccan family since disrupted in judah did h

stites because she was having an affair with an african-american man read his always insisted he is not guilty i think a lot of people know the truth right now. people seeing the evidence has been of the develop over the years the victim's cousin believes him that. you know that he is then even though mark the texas court of criminal appeals has consistently denied reid's claims of innocence in texas governor greg abbott has so far declined to grant reid a reprieve stites sister believes reid is her killer too long we've been trying to fight for justice for ronnie who didn't as her justice at all any justice for stacy but a broader array of advocates are calling for a stay of the execution from texas senator ted cruz to celebrities like kim carr jesse in west see everyone around the. family isn't just counting on the governor. to fade my brother's life because he is truly innocent and we're not asking for anything special we're not asking for any favors we're asking for the right thing to be done in this case with just days to go they have asked the u.s. supreme court to stay the ex

stites and that that would explain why his semen was found on the victim when she was found dead in another explosive piece of evidence an inmate in jail along with the fiance as stacey stites says that that fiance confessed to her murder he has since through his lawyers denied that he has done so but that is another piece of explosive new evidence this happened just hours before the texas parole board recommended a 120 day stay of the execution so that they could consider new evidence or the court's consider consider new evidence that is a very rare thing 566 people have been executed in the state of texas since it reinstituted the death penalty in 1982 the parole board has only asked for a stay 5 times it's only been granted 3 times and now rodney reed hopes to be the. design bob when our government is threatening more disciplinary hearings if doctors start return to work the been on strike for nearly 3 months of the poor pay and working conditions how to toss a has more from her already. principal was fired earlier this month along with hundreds of other junior doctors in zimbabw

stites but since a texas appeals court granted a stay on friday. his family and supporters are celebrating one more chance to make his case for innocence i cried the kids adored him thanks for the news i think he told me to get up if you got mo 50. 000 reads lawyers are preparing a dramatic legal appeal with new witnesses some support read story that he was having an affair with a victim an affair that could explain why his semen was in her body when she was found strangled with her own belt other witnesses point to another potential suspect stites fiance former police officer jimmy famille in a new affidavit a former member of the arion brotherhood who was in prison with the now says financial confessed that he killed stites because she was having an affair with a black man and brother come forth. that tells you something. it's time for a change and everybody was to know that they want the truth and justice this is what it's all about just this one new witness says it's state's funeral finance said you got what you deserved today comes after a bro

reed is scheduled to die november 20th for 1996 killing of 19-year-old stacy stites. new evidence in the case uncovered by innocence project has led to growing number of people pressing the governor to intervene. >> thousands of men just like rodney have been wrongly arrested, wrongly charged, wrongly convicted, wrongly imprisoned, wrongly sent to death. >> bipartisan group of 26 texas lawmakers also signed a letter urging governor to grant reprieve. >>> firefighters are battling a brush fire in the hollywood hills, broke out near warner bros. studio. people evacuated and told to shelter in place. since gotten handle on the 34 acre fire, 15% contained. no injuries or damage to buildings has been reported. >>> student's death led to san diego state suspending 14 fraternities. looking into possible that 19-year-old was hazed this week. fell out of bed, hit his head. friend put him back in bed, found unresponsive next morning. >> one of the worst things that ever happened to me in my life. it's a wreck. >> will be under suspension until the university decides next course

stites it was also here that he was sentenced to death death by lethal injection and that was to be carried out on wednesday nov 20th and with just a few days it would seem to be a hopeless time for the friends and supporters of rodney reed but it is not you can hear the singing behind me and that is because there is new hope there's new evidence that his lawyers have gathered i spoke to his mother just a few minutes ago and this is what she had to say do you have the truth that here in the world is watching and knowing the truth is that since. disability you can see. that new evidence seems to corroborate rodney read story that he had a long ongoing relationship with the victim and that explains why his d.n.a. was found on her a friend of hers says she was not looking forward to her upcoming marriage and that's because she was having an affair with an african-american man named rodney and there's another blockbuster bit of new evidence in an affidavit a man from the area in brotherhood a man named arthur snow says that he talked to the fiance of the victim a man named jimmy for now

stites and that says that states was not looking forward to the upcoming wedding with her fiance because she was having an affair with an african-american man named rodney that's all the friend knew but it's important because right. reads d.n.a. was found on the victim and there was another blockbuster bit of information an area naish marion brotherhood member named arthur wright says he was in prison with that fiance a man a man who has the originally been suspected of being involved in those that later on was cleared well that fiance apparently confessed according to this area brotherhood member he killed stites because he found out she was having an affair with an african-american man so now they're asking the governor to appeal on that basis and there is also a request in with the u.s. supreme court many miles from here right now but time is running out all right john hendren the in austin texas john thank you. time for a short break here now just when we come back hopes the justice the international criminal court agrees to investigate crimes against brechin the muslims and me and m

. >> reporter: in 1996, 19-year-old stacy stites was found dead on the side of a road in bastrop, texas. she was bruised and strangled with a belt. she was raped and murdered just after 3:00 in the morning. on her way to work at a grocery store. for months, the prime suspect was her fiancee, a police officer named jimmy finnell until dna pointed to another man she knew. tests confirmed rodney reed's seemen was found inside stites. a jury convicted him and he was sent to death row. >> it almost reads like a book. hopefully we don't execute the wrong man for this murder. >> reporter: his attorney said evidence points to jimmy fennell. reed talked about this in an interview. >> she said that if jimmy found out we were together that he would kill me. i just took it as a figure of speech. i didn't take it literally. >> that is clear motive for him to have killed stacy and ultimately having rodney reed take the fall for the murder. >> reporter: it has gathered celebrity attention. kim kardashian and others are taking action. reed's lawyer said the murder investigation is full of holes. they s

stites it was also here that he was sentenced to death death by lethal injection and that was to be carried out on wednesday nov 20th and with just a few days it would seem to be a hopeless time for the friends and supporters of rodney reed but it is not you can hear the singing behind me and that is because there is new hope there's new evidence that his lawyers have gathered i spoke to his mother just a few minutes ago and this is what she had to say to him home because we have the truth here in the world is watching and knowing the truth it's been so. supported you could see. that new evidence seems to corroborate rodney read story that he had a long ongoing relationship with the victim and that explains why his d.n.a. was found on her a friend of hers says she was not looking forward to her upcoming marriage and that's because she was having an affair with an african-american man named rodney and there's another blockbuster bit of new evidence in an affidavit a man from the area in brotherhood a man named arthur snow says that he talked to the fiance of the victim a man named ji

on her well this friend now says she knew that the victim stacy stites was having a relationship with reid and that would explain the d.n.a. that was found on the victim at the time he claims they had a sexual encounter within hours of when she was found now a friend corroborates that story and in what is a more explosive new piece of evidence there's a member of the arion brotherhood a man named arthur snow who says that he spoke to the jimmy the fiance of the victim who was also in prison due to an unrelated kidnapping and sexual assault case and in that corner. sation the member of the arion brotherhood says that fidel says that he killed his girlfriend because he knew that she was having an affair with a black man so this case is moving forward. no determination on time at this china but this happened just hours after the parolee hardy's board recommended to the governor of texas that there be a $120.00 day period to consider the new evidence came out ok thank you for that update john hendren in austin texas still ahead for you on this news on sri lanka's former defense chiefs com

how was stacy murdered? >> stacey stites was murdered with a belt. at the time, the technology for dna testing was not available to test skin cells or things like that which were handled by the murderer. today we can. amy: explain where her body was found. >> her body was found off the side of the road in rural bastrop county. one of the most important things about her body was that it indicates she had been killed for hours prior to being left at that scene. which again places the time of death at a time that jimmy fennell testified that you were alone in her apartment. amy: and that he possibly would have took that body. >> and that body was then transported in the truck. we cd compositional fluid in the truck. we know she was dead for hours before she left that truck. that places her death at a time hours earlier than what was presented at the trial. that implicates jimmy fennell and not runny. -- not rodney reed. amy: how do you get this bill tested? >> we have presented this to numerous courts. we are in the federal court system asking for that